NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Aug. 3, 2018) Aviation Support Equipment Technician 1st Class Mark Perkins, from Virginia Beach,Virginia, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) aircraft intermediate maintenance department, receives a certificate of graduation from Lt. Cmdr. Fred Masten, Ford’s security officer, during an in-port security force (ISF) class graduation. Twenty-nine Sailors graduated the three-week ISF course.